Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | North Korea and the Soviet Union could only have drawn encouragement in the belief that America would most likely not act with vigour if North Korea moved against the south to reunify the peninsula . |
| 2 | The girl , whoever she was , despite the aristocratic looks and fine body which had at first misled them , would only have found houseroom within the palace compound as an under-servant . |
| 3 | Employees who benefit from inhouse perks , such as concessionary travel facilities or free sports or entertainment tickets , will only have to pay tax on the marginal cost of concessions , rather than on the average cost charged to the public , following the House of Lords ' ruling in Pepper v Hart ( see also this issue , pp 22 and 85 ) . |
| 4 | The long term campaign will not only have to face changes in the fund raising committee but is also likely to face changes in the school staff and the governing body . |
| 5 | Some of his staff had urged that he abandon the Duchess 's ball , but such an act , he knew , would only have offered encouragement to the Emperor 's many supporters in Brussels and could even have prompted the wholesale desertion of Belgian troops . |
| 6 | Such a piecemeal dismemberment of an integrated service would obviously have caused difficulties for the whole of the area covered by the ILEA . |
| 7 | There is no reason to expect that they will necessarily have developed cancer of the bladder : the same gene seems to be associated with tumours of the lung , gut , and other tissues ( Nature vol 300 , p 539 ) . |
| 8 | The government was reported by June only to have initiated proceedings for the extradition of Gustavo Stroessner in compliance with an order for his arrest on corruption charges issued by a criminal court in March . |
| 9 | From a sample of 162 eventual fellows of the society who had been over sixteen in 1642 , and therefore old enough to have taken sides in the civil war , and discounting foreigners not in England during the war years ( and a further 22 for whom there is inadequate documentation ) , 38 fought for , or supported , Parliament , while 85 were royalist in 1642 . |
| 10 | Finally the Secretary of State bowed to the inevitable , and agreed to abolish the ILEA in 1990 , although he personally had expressed doubts about the ability of some of the boroughs to provide an effective education service . |
| 11 | Zhelev organized on Sept. 1 and 11 meetings between Lukanov and leaders of the UDF and other opposition parties , but the UDF consistently rejected participation in a coalition on the grounds that the BSP alone had to take responsibility for the present state of the country , and that a strong parliamentary opposition was needed to guarantee Bulgaria 's democracy . |
| 12 | The rise since 1900 in the proportion of elderly people in Britain , the reduction in the labour force participation of this elderly population , and the heavy reliance of retired people on state pensions and other benefits , together have focused attention on the current economic problems of an ageing population . |
| 13 | The CAPM and the market model provide a means to test the performance of these portfolios and in doing so have given indications of the extent to which the market is strong form efficient in assessing the ability of managers to consistently beat the market . |
| 14 | More recently , the ending of the Cold War and the introduction of measures of democratization in Russia , Eastern Europe and elsewhere has generated debate about the possible spread of liberal democratic forms of government ( for example Held , 1992 ) . |
| 15 | The Mercia area of the Trust already has expressed concern about the effect of any airport expansion on all its properties in the area . |
| 16 | The jobless woman , whose parents have already had supervised access to the baby now with foster parents was further remanded on bail until May 28 . |
| 17 | On the other hand , it is argued ( E. R. Dew , 56 Lqw Society 's Gazette 365 ) that the most likely ‘ other reason ’ for which an agreement might be void or unenforceable , apart from containing a provision against application to the court , would be precisely the want of consideration if the agreement be not under seal ; the legislature , it is urged on this view , would not have made inroads on the fundamental requirement of valuable consideration in a contract not under seal , by a provision purporting to deal with the maintenance rights of a wife . |
| 18 | She 's right , I realize — the word ‘ defence ’ may not have formed part of the unit 's name . |
| 19 | In Sheffield , householders do not have to carry refuse to the end of their drives — how do we construct league tables to reflect that ? |
| 20 | These may not have constituted bases in the fullest sense nor been intended as permanent strategic installations , but Western statesmen have focussed on their potential and the capabilities they give the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | He found that although in theory , workovers should not have caused changes to the wells ' productivity , productivity had been reduced — by up to 40 per cent in some cases . |
| 22 | Sometimes screening which is not available to older women may not have proven effectiveness for the group to whom it is offered . |
| 23 | Although building professionals may not have to manage workers in the building , this does not mean they can ignore the elements of motivation and job satisfaction . |
| 24 | We do not have to fear predators in the same way as do other animals , but because we are social beings and rely upon others for survival , learning and fulfilment in life , company is essential . |
| 25 | It was evident that without three hands James Pegg could not have infiltrated poison into the soup bowl . |
| 26 | They argue that causation involves one event ( the cause ) generating or producing another event ( the effect ) , and that we can obtain direct knowledge about this causal generation : we do not have to infer causality on the basis of temporal priority . |
| 27 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |
| 28 | Salutations 0 Mighty Apollo ! glad your music tour went down well , playing the fiddle standing on your head while drinking a glass of water is very clever , none but a Nero could do it , but you really should not have set fire to the auditorium as an encore . |
| 29 | The growth of formal education systems could not have taken place without the incorporation of sectors in society , which had previously been excluded . |
| 30 | But it could not have taken place without the railways , which once again proved to be the vital enabling factor . |